Corn-husker.



PATENTED JULY 5, 1904.

I. D. KEES. CORN HUSKER.

LPPLICATIION FILED AUG,11, 1898.

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CORN-HUSKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,984, dated July 5,1904. Application filed August 11,1398x Serial No. 688,397- (No model.)

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' invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in corn-huskers.

The object of my invention is to provide a corn-husker which shall beadjustable, so that it will fit any sized hand and thumb, as will bemore fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown, in Figure 1, a perspectiveview of a cornhusker embodying my invention. Fig. 2 shows a top view ofthe leather blank comprising the main portion of my invention, Fig. 3showing the outline of a husker embodying my invention, while Fig. Ashows a view disclosing the outline of the shield as is used in myinvention.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a preferable leather blankwhich has an outward-extendingportion 1, an outward-extending portion 3at the point opposite the first extension, and an intermediateoutwardly-extending thumb portion 2, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2.IVhile this blank may be of leather, any other suitable material, suchas cloth, may be used. At a suitable point this blank A is provided witha strap 8, the buckle of which is secured near the end marked 3, whilethe remaining end of the strap is secured at and near the end 1 of theblank, which forms a holder. To this holder A is secured a husking-knifeplate B, near the end marked 2, which end 2 is adapted to come adjacentto the thumb of the operators hand, while the portions 1 and 3 of theholder are intended to fit around the operators wrist. The huskingknifeplate B is provided with an outward extension 4:, which extension isslightly curved, so as to fit around the bottom of the operators thumb,while the remaining portion of the plate, which is approximately in theshape of a triangle, is provided with an outwardlyextending and recurvedhusking-knife blade 5, and below this knife is an oval portion 6, whichis provided with openings adapted to receive the rivets w, by means ofwhich this husking-knife is secured to the holder. This knife-plate Bmay be made of any suitable size or material, and extending from thesame is the shield or holder C, which is also secured to the holder A bymeans of the rivets 00. As shown, this shield or holder C is slightlydished, so as to accommodate the lower portion of the palm of the hand.

Secured to the holder A near the thumb portion 2 is a second strap 10,which extends from the lower oval portion 6 of the knife outward andrecurves, passing through the opening 7 within the extension 4, so thatthe thumb-loop9 is formed, by means of which the holder A is adjustablysecured to the thumb of the operator, the strap 10 being adapted torecurve and pass over the back of the hand and be secured within thebuckle 12, secured to and forming part of the strap 11, which strap issecured near the end 3 of the holder A, as is shown in Fig. 1. Theholder A is further secured to the wrist of the operator by means of thestrap 8, which curves over the knife B backward, passing over the backof the hand, being finally secured within the buckle 12, forming part ofthis strap 8. From this it will be seen that the holder A is secured tothe operators hand, practically covering the palm of the same, while theback of the hand is left free, except that the two straps 8 and 10 passover in securing the holder. By virtue of the strap 10 passing throughthe opening 7 of the holder this loop 9 can be given any suitable size,so as to accommodate either the thumb of a boy or man, and so, also, canthe holder A be adjusted to any sized hand.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by United States Letters Patent, is-

A corn-husker comprising the combination with an approximately elongatedflexible holder, of a strap skirting, said holder along one of itslongest edges and projecting beyond' the same, of the buckle secured toone end of the strap, of a dished shield approximately triangular inoutline secured to said holder, the apex end of said shield extendingtoward the buckle end of aforesaid strap, a stub-buckle-provided strapsecured near the apex end of said shield, a rivet passing through saidshield and said stub-strap near the apex end to secure said shield andstub-strap to said holder, a knife-plate provided With a recurved knife,said knife-plate being provided with a perforation near one end, saidplate being secured at its opposite end to the base edge of saidapproximately triangular-shaped FREDERICK DANIEL KEES.

Witnesses:

S. D. KILLEN, M. T. HORREY.

